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. >> i always found during the obama state of the unions after 2010 that the sight of john boehner sitting behind obama when obama would deliver a unity applause line. you can see boehner, a cynical guy, though, all right. i got to applaud. he and the facial expression would be, all right. you know, touche, you got me to applaud. okay. and you wonder, is pelosi going to do that? or is she going to sit on her hands the entire speech and look very sour? >> that's, look, she's got a lot of power in her hands. she is writer's week, you want to have the metaphor, she is hovering over his shoulder. she is literally hovering the whole time. >> i don't think she will sit on her hand and look sour. i think he will offer us some things that, quite frankly, she can applaud to. will you get a standing ovation, infrastructure, remember that? that was a big deal. that's something that, quite frankly, could unify and get a bipartisan support. >> one thing i have not heard about, they are talking about prescription drugs. democrats won the house on healthcare. nobody seems to be making that the first prio
. >> i always found during the obama state of the unions after 2010 that the sight of john boehner sitting behind obama when obama would deliver a unity applause line. you can see boehner, a cynical guy, though, all right. i got to applaud. he and the facial expression would be, all right. you know, touche, you got me to applaud. okay. and you wonder, is pelosi going to do that? or is she going to sit on her hands the entire speech and look very sour? >> that's, look, she's got a...
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obama put 400,000. boehner afters at a million. obama said i couldn't take 700,000 or $800,000 in terms of the tax rates. that still leaves 500,000 or maybe up to 650,000. what happened to make these two sides go back this their corner and paintory put forward plan b? no one knows for sure. the explanation we're hearing is, well, the president is not serious. well, from reading everything and from talking to people, it seems to be that both sides were moving together. what happened? we do not necessarily know. this plan b will most likely pass tonight. republicans believe they have the votes after they added those defense cuts in there. sorry. after they replaced the defense cuts. it would move forward. mr. cantor said that they're not going to go home this weekend. apparently they're going to be here. it's unclear what exactly they would work on, but this is some sort of dance we're seeing here, alex, that really has no explanation. >> we thought it was three acts. it turns out to be a 15 act. glen, if you break it down, as luke s
obama put 400,000. boehner afters at a million. obama said i couldn't take 700,000 or $800,000 in terms of the tax rates. that still leaves 500,000 or maybe up to 650,000. what happened to make these two sides go back this their corner and paintory put forward plan b? no one knows for sure. the explanation we're hearing is, well, the president is not serious. well, from reading everything and from talking to people, it seems to be that both sides were moving together. what happened? we do not...
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that was a sad john boehner, that was a dejektsed john boehner. he had one thing to say. he's usually quite jovial with reporters. he didn't want anything to do with us. he wanted to go to bed or plot the next step. one of the more underreported stories here on the hill is these federal workers are going to be furloughed. there's no guarantee they get their pay back. you're from dc. you know how many federal workers there are in the area. there's a real worry that because of the appetite for cutting spending in this congress, you can see this shut down go on for a few days and these phones be presefolks be p the house republicans saying why should we pay you when you didn't work. but as far as where we move on from here your guess is as good as mine. apparently, that was supposed to be the magic bullet that was going to solve that. harry rooeeid is going to table later on today. they're still going to have to pass a clean cr bill. it's a question of when, not if. and we don't know. we do not know. there could be some more riders attached on the bills going back to the sen
that was a sad john boehner, that was a dejektsed john boehner. he had one thing to say. he's usually quite jovial with reporters. he didn't want anything to do with us. he wanted to go to bed or plot the next step. one of the more underreported stories here on the hill is these federal workers are going to be furloughed. there's no guarantee they get their pay back. you're from dc. you know how many federal workers there are in the area. there's a real worry that because of the appetite for...
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they are open to it in 2011 in the boehner/obama talks. what's weird is it's always presented as the height of fiscal responsibility even though it's fiscally irresponsible. which brings us to the challenge. why raising the age does not save you very much money and is probably a bad policy idea in under two minutes. do we have the clock? let's do it. the argument for cutting 65 and 67-year-olds out of a deficit talk is simple. it saves money. the keizer family foundation estimates that when it's all said and done, the government could save $5.7 billion in the first year. but those 65 and 66-year-olds don't disappear. they are still going to be here and get sick sometimes which means the savings we'd see by kicking them off they pop back up elsewhere in the economy. it's not pure savings, it's a cost shift. you're going to see increased costs for seniors who will have to find another health insurer since it uses power to pay less by quite a bit. the seniors turning to private insurance will have to pay more for the same coverage. 3.7 billio
they are open to it in 2011 in the boehner/obama talks. what's weird is it's always presented as the height of fiscal responsibility even though it's fiscally irresponsible. which brings us to the challenge. why raising the age does not save you very much money and is probably a bad policy idea in under two minutes. do we have the clock? let's do it. the argument for cutting 65 and 67-year-olds out of a deficit talk is simple. it saves money. the keizer family foundation estimates that when...
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, reid, whatever, obama, boehner, all of them had a creation of some sort of congressional commission that was based on how they did the military base closings the one time that a commission seemed to be successful in trying to get the politics out of this. do you really believe this commission, this committee, is going to deal with tax reform in a way that's going to feel fair? >> well, i agreed with what the brac commission. i wanted a bigger deal, one that would have included looking at the entitlements that are really what is driving our ongoing deficit and debt crisis. because the problem really isn't the debt ceiling. the problem is the debt. the fact that we're $14 trillion in debt. so i support any efforts that we can do to take a functional look at this and do it in a responsible way so that the american people say yes, the people in washington get it, we cannot continue to spend money we do not have. >> how do you react to all the polling that's out there that shows a large majority -- not a narrow majority -- a large majority of the american public believes that some tax in
, reid, whatever, obama, boehner, all of them had a creation of some sort of congressional commission that was based on how they did the military base closings the one time that a commission seemed to be successful in trying to get the politics out of this. do you really believe this commission, this committee, is going to deal with tax reform in a way that's going to feel fair? >> well, i agreed with what the brac commission. i wanted a bigger deal, one that would have included looking...
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the last time it was with obama and boehner, mcconnell was in play and so was schumer. the thought this group of house republicans will find a way through things like the debt ceiling at a time, by the way, the economy could be heading to a recession already, so that will intensify that, accelerate that, could crash the global economy. i think this might be entertaining for some. to me it scares the day lights out of me. i think this is only going to get worse. whether mccarthy gets through, how many speakers are we going to have? how much authority are they going to have? congressional negotiations, one of the things leaders do is speak for their caucus. i don't think anybody in the white house, house democrats, senate republicans or democrats, are going to be able to trust mccarthy. this is incredibly dangerous in terms of the coming weeks and months and years, i think. >> maura, let's take a listen to kevin mccarthy trying to explain why they are pitching or promoting the idea something is different. 13 votes down, 13 losses in a row, but they've pulled a few people
the last time it was with obama and boehner, mcconnell was in play and so was schumer. the thought this group of house republicans will find a way through things like the debt ceiling at a time, by the way, the economy could be heading to a recession already, so that will intensify that, accelerate that, could crash the global economy. i think this might be entertaining for some. to me it scares the day lights out of me. i think this is only going to get worse. whether mccarthy gets through,...
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the day after suing president obama, john boehner came out and said this. >> the month of august we'll continue to make the american people's priorities our priority. that means talking about our plan for jobs and the economy. and in september the house will focus on american solutions to help get people back to work, lower cost at home an restore opportunity for all americans. >> he never explains exactly what kind of bills they have passed in the house and sent over to the senate. let me tell you what they are. they got tax cuts for the wealthiest americans and tax cuts for corporations, everything the people don't want is what boehner has sent over to the senate. earlier today, president obama called out house republicans on doing the opposite. republicans are standing in the way of america's success. >> i've been pushing for common sense ideas like rebuilding infrastructure in ways that are sustained over many years and support millions of good jobs and help businesses compete. i've been advocating on behalf of raising the minimum wage and making it easier for working folks to pay
the day after suing president obama, john boehner came out and said this. >> the month of august we'll continue to make the american people's priorities our priority. that means talking about our plan for jobs and the economy. and in september the house will focus on american solutions to help get people back to work, lower cost at home an restore opportunity for all americans. >> he never explains exactly what kind of bills they have passed in the house and sent over to the senate....
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shut down the government rather than discuss the failures of obama care. joining me now democratic congressman dan kildee of michigan. he's a member of the house financial services committee. congressman kildee, what do you make of speaker boehner's line of argument? >> it is unbelievable. since april 23rd, we have been asking the speaker to appoint people to a conference committee to work out the differences in the budget. suddenly, 15 minutes before the government shuts down they decide they will make an offer to have a conference committee when the real question is why aren't we taking up the senate cr. the president will sign it. the senate already passed it. we know a majority of the house would support it. so this notion that suddenly they want to talk when for seven months or six months we been trying to get them to conference with the senate on a budget, it's just really insincere, and it's unfortunately another example of john boehner's failed leadership. he's not the speaker the house is. i don't know what his job is, but it's not the speaker. >>
shut down the government rather than discuss the failures of obama care. joining me now democratic congressman dan kildee of michigan. he's a member of the house financial services committee. congressman kildee, what do you make of speaker boehner's line of argument? >> it is unbelievable. since april 23rd, we have been asking the speaker to appoint people to a conference committee to work out the differences in the budget. suddenly, 15 minutes before the government shuts down they decide...
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president obama and john boehner. even all sides of the party are excluded. >>> with 25 days before taxes go up for nearly every single american, what effect will the jobs report have on the fiscal standoff? we'll get live remarks from john boehner who is going to try to use the jobs report to the republican's advantage. representative, let's start with the november jobs report numbers. they look very good, good news overall for the koirnlt tree. but speaker boehner said this, the democrats plan to slow walk our economy to the edge of the fiscal cliff instead of engaging in serious talks to avert the cliff, that includes spending cuts and tax reforms the president once supported. the white house has only offered a joke. i understand we have speaker boehner to the microphones. let's take a listen. >> when it comes to the fiscal cliff that's threatening our economy and threatening jobs, the white house has wasted another week. eight days ago secretary geithner came here to offer a plan that had twice the tax hikes that
president obama and john boehner. even all sides of the party are excluded. >>> with 25 days before taxes go up for nearly every single american, what effect will the jobs report have on the fiscal standoff? we'll get live remarks from john boehner who is going to try to use the jobs report to the republican's advantage. representative, let's start with the november jobs report numbers. they look very good, good news overall for the koirnlt tree. but speaker boehner said this, the...
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to report. >> today's news, speaker boehner and president obama will be the only two at the table to make a deal. i'll ask emanuel cleaver if boehner can get it done. >>> 33 months of private sector job growth. now is the time to start spending on jobs. david cay johnston is here. >>> the filibuster is more than an embarrassing blunder. bernie sanders explains why. >>> the right to work in michigan has ignited a fire storm with workers. we'll have the latest on rick snider's race to the bottom. >>> and breaking news from the supreme court. there will be a decision on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage. law professor jonathan terly has all the details. >> thanks for watching. john boehner isn't having a lot of fun this holiday season. president obama continues his pressure campaign to pass the tax cuts. the president is also taking time to be fesive. john boehner doesn't sound so merry. >> no progress report because there's no progress to report. when it comes to the fis e call cliff that's threatening our economy and threatening jobs, the white house has wasted another week.
to report. >> today's news, speaker boehner and president obama will be the only two at the table to make a deal. i'll ask emanuel cleaver if boehner can get it done. >>> 33 months of private sector job growth. now is the time to start spending on jobs. david cay johnston is here. >>> the filibuster is more than an embarrassing blunder. bernie sanders explains why. >>> the right to work in michigan has ignited a fire storm with workers. we'll have the latest on...
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we modified obama care. it's insane. and john boehner who i have a great deal of respect for and i know you do, it's time for him to step up and do something important for the country. if he loses his speakership, so what? there are some things in this world and for politicians like me, there are things that have to be worth losing for. and saving the american economy, saving our good faith and credit around the world, that's got to be risking losing for. i agree with you. i think if he did it, he doesn't lose. >> i think he's edmond burke and winston churchill. >> he's got to do it. >> you're not all sitting there looking at the polls. thank you former governor of pennsylvania. >>> coming up, the gop kamikaze caucus. those who to bring down obama care and. >>> and simple question, who's your leader. where would they point to? who is running that group now? the elected leaders in congress, maybe. we'll see? the next two days. >>> plus nobody's buying the republican malarkey. >>> this is "hardball," the the place for poli
we modified obama care. it's insane. and john boehner who i have a great deal of respect for and i know you do, it's time for him to step up and do something important for the country. if he loses his speakership, so what? there are some things in this world and for politicians like me, there are things that have to be worth losing for. and saving the american economy, saving our good faith and credit around the world, that's got to be risking losing for. i agree with you. i think if he did it,...
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and speaker boehner, what happens when politics happens. michigan mcconnell calls up vice president biden and the deal is struck. that is politics, it's messy. >> a lot of folks that casually follow politics will say, that it doesn't have to be that messy. there's no reason to -- >> it's always that messy, craig. >> it's not always that messy. you know that. >> very often congress is. we saw even on the house familiar this week. speaker boehner is having a hard time with his own party. not only with, between the parties is it rough, but it's rough within the parties. >> perry, congress, i want to follow-up with what robert costa said there, has it always been this bad more maybe it missed something? >> i do not agree that it has always been this bad. particularly how few laws that congress has passed that is historically unusual. a small number of laws. we should note that i'm not sure that house republicans, you talk to allen west and rand paul, they did not come to washington to pass a lot of laws. they came to washington to block what ha
and speaker boehner, what happens when politics happens. michigan mcconnell calls up vice president biden and the deal is struck. that is politics, it's messy. >> a lot of folks that casually follow politics will say, that it doesn't have to be that messy. there's no reason to -- >> it's always that messy, craig. >> it's not always that messy. you know that. >> very often congress is. we saw even on the house familiar this week. speaker boehner is having a hard time with...
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obama's trying to break the tea party and trying to break boehner. the issue is about more trying to smash the republican party than about substantive objectives to what was in these deals. >> it's not trying to smash the republican party. obama would like to deal with compromise that would make them more popular in a lot of ways, it was trying to smash a lot of the tactics, they had begun pioneering or really using aggressively in recent years which were these hostage showdowns to get policy concessions. if they were not doing this they would be in much better shape and nobody would be accusing them of trying to break them. >> would you put this this historical perspective as to when you were serving. there's debate about the unprecedented nature of this. we have had shutdowns before, do you see this as unprecedented? >> it's certainly a culmination of where we have been going. ezra's absolutely right, it has become winning the battle and losing the war. all they care about is the immediate battle and if it doesn't bring them the kind of glorificati
obama's trying to break the tea party and trying to break boehner. the issue is about more trying to smash the republican party than about substantive objectives to what was in these deals. >> it's not trying to smash the republican party. obama would like to deal with compromise that would make them more popular in a lot of ways, it was trying to smash a lot of the tactics, they had begun pioneering or really using aggressively in recent years which were these hostage showdowns to get...
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boehner and president obama have not spoken over the last few days. there seems to be no communication there. for all intents and purposes, there is a 50-50 sign. a lost folks say more likely than not we go over the slif because they cannot afford it. >> if we go over the cliff, there several million americans who that will impact in terms of people unemployment benefits. maybe they have benefits wrapped up in the market. is there an appropriate sense of urgencey and the amount of pain this will cause in some people's lives. >> to be honest with you and i put my american hat on right now and take off my journalist one, i am perplexed by the lack of urgency from our elected leaders on both sides. this is not a problem that has come up randomly. we were facing this for a long time. many months. there seems to be a wisdom amongst a lot of people in washington that okay, we didn't go over the cliff and it's not a big deal. the treasury can take care of this problem january 3rd and january 4th. the question is how will the markets react? we do not know. pe
boehner and president obama have not spoken over the last few days. there seems to be no communication there. for all intents and purposes, there is a 50-50 sign. a lost folks say more likely than not we go over the slif because they cannot afford it. >> if we go over the cliff, there several million americans who that will impact in terms of people unemployment benefits. maybe they have benefits wrapped up in the market. is there an appropriate sense of urgencey and the amount of pain...
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. >> i'm told obama and senate dems dealing with boehner's psych co-analysis, trying to figure out what's making him tick. is it that boehner is weak or is it there's a landscape where nobody could do any better because we have earmark reform which has taken away a key part and a group like heritage has more power over the members than the rnc and hyper partisanship that is historic and greater than we've ever seen. is this this landscape making the speaker's jobless powerful than ever or something wrong with this guy? >> you know, i don't discount a guy who's climbed up the ladder of leadership in the house of representatives twice and made it to speaker. yes, he's an incredibly weak speaker and there are structural reasons for that. in addition to the ones you named, you also have a quasio apocalyptic fashion in the tea party. >> what is driving and an mating the republican base and you're been citing work by democracy corps where they ask the republican base how they felt about the direction of the country, where it's like scared, worried, concerned, jumped out and how they feel about
. >> i'm told obama and senate dems dealing with boehner's psych co-analysis, trying to figure out what's making him tick. is it that boehner is weak or is it there's a landscape where nobody could do any better because we have earmark reform which has taken away a key part and a group like heritage has more power over the members than the rnc and hyper partisanship that is historic and greater than we've ever seen. is this this landscape making the speaker's jobless powerful than ever or...
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it seemed earlier this week, richard, as though president obama and john boehner were getting close to some sort of a deal, a deal that would have dealt with deficit reduction as well as tax reform, but that all fell apart and now there's a big question mark about how they move forward and the president himself acknowledging when he addressed the nation on friday that given the tight timeframe, hopes for a larger deal have all, but faded and he's calling on congress to work together to just get a deal that would have at the very least extend lower tax rates for those making $250,000 or less and also to extend unemployment insurance and to help lay the groundwork for deficit reduction in the future. right now the expectations have been lowered a great deal in terms of what is actually possible and you heard the president say that he is still optimistic that something can get done before the january 1st deadline and of course, there's a lot of pressure for these lawmakers to get something done because if they don't the economy could go back into a recession eventa you willy. >> kristen w
it seemed earlier this week, richard, as though president obama and john boehner were getting close to some sort of a deal, a deal that would have dealt with deficit reduction as well as tax reform, but that all fell apart and now there's a big question mark about how they move forward and the president himself acknowledging when he addressed the nation on friday that given the tight timeframe, hopes for a larger deal have all, but faded and he's calling on congress to work together to just get...
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does john boehner bring that up? and if he does bring it up, do democrats vote for that and does it pass? >> we have got to see what the final deal looks like, but essentially we're expecting something that we can vote for that comes from the senate that is a john boehner product. and john boehner has to decide whether or not he wants to let the full house vote and try to pass it with 218 votes of the whole house or whether he wants to cling to his speakership and insist on it being 217 votes from his members, driven by tea party extremists who think -- who have literally separated themselves from reality. >> people should beware of the math here. if john boehner wants to pass something with just republican votes, he's only about 18 votes he can lose, and there's 80 people that signed the letter to defund obama care. so if nancy pelosi says i'm not giving you any democratic votes and john boehner only has to pass it with republicans, he basically has to bring it to the floor and get democrats to bail him out. >> he c
does john boehner bring that up? and if he does bring it up, do democrats vote for that and does it pass? >> we have got to see what the final deal looks like, but essentially we're expecting something that we can vote for that comes from the senate that is a john boehner product. and john boehner has to decide whether or not he wants to let the full house vote and try to pass it with 218 votes of the whole house or whether he wants to cling to his speakership and insist on it being 217...
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this time he pushed a harder line with iran, and speaker boehner gave up the threatened shutdown aimed at killing obama's immigration actions. >>> and "new york times" banners a story questioning hillary clinton's e-mail practices while serves as second tear of state. what is the times getting at here? we begins with netanyahu and his attempt to derail obama's foreign policy. he challenged the president on iran saying the deal is worse than no deal. >> iran's nuclear programs can be rolled back well beyond the current proposal by insisting on a better deal and keeping up the pressure on a very vulnerable regime. if iran threatens to walk away from the table, and this often happens in a persian bazaar, call their bluff, they'll be back, because they need the deal a lot more than you do. we've been told that no deal is better than a bad deal. well, this is a bad deal. it's a very bad deal. we're better off without it. >>> hours later, president obama responded to prime minister's netanyahu's criticism. here he is. >> on the core issue, which is how do we prevent iran from obtaining a nuc
this time he pushed a harder line with iran, and speaker boehner gave up the threatened shutdown aimed at killing obama's immigration actions. >>> and "new york times" banners a story questioning hillary clinton's e-mail practices while serves as second tear of state. what is the times getting at here? we begins with netanyahu and his attempt to derail obama's foreign policy. he challenged the president on iran saying the deal is worse than no deal. >> iran's nuclear...
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president obama clearly knows that. this morning in maryland, he reiterated that he's happy to negotiate with republicans over anything, but only after john boehner and his caucus let the government reopen and raise the country's debt ceiling. in other words, mr. speaker, release the hostages and then we'll talk. >> i want everybody to understand this. there are enough republicans and democrats in the house of representatives today that if the speaker of the house, john boehner, simply let the bill get on the floor for an up or down vote, every congressman could vote their conscious, the shutdown would end today. the only things that's preventing all that from happening right now today, in the next five minutes, is that speaker john boehner won't even let the bill get a yes or no vote because he doesn't want to anger the extremists in his party. >> meanwhile the gop finds itself more and more in a behind even if some republicans appear to be completely, giddily, unaware. >> we're very energized, very strong. this is abo
president obama clearly knows that. this morning in maryland, he reiterated that he's happy to negotiate with republicans over anything, but only after john boehner and his caucus let the government reopen and raise the country's debt ceiling. in other words, mr. speaker, release the hostages and then we'll talk. >> i want everybody to understand this. there are enough republicans and democrats in the house of representatives today that if the speaker of the house, john boehner, simply...
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to sue president obama over immigration. the senate's planning to deal with immigration and homeland security funding after they approve the keystone oil pipeline. >> the keystone pipeline vote is about jobs it's about opportunity. >> reporter: and it's going nowhere. the president already promised to veto. >> i think we should do everything we can to persuade at least a half a dozen democrats that they should join us to get this done. >> reporter: but republicans' immigration plan to beef up border security hit a snag pulled before it ever came up for a vote. insiders say there weren't enough republicans behind it. >> when we're ready to move we will. >> reporter: next, obamacare. the first vote by this new congress to repeal the health law is expected next week. but that and keystone aren't expected to go very far, even if they do land on the president's desk. as we've noted, betty, he's already promised to veto both issues. >> he's been pretty solid on that. thank you, tracie. >>> well there are new questions about securi
to sue president obama over immigration. the senate's planning to deal with immigration and homeland security funding after they approve the keystone oil pipeline. >> the keystone pipeline vote is about jobs it's about opportunity. >> reporter: and it's going nowhere. the president already promised to veto. >> i think we should do everything we can to persuade at least a half a dozen democrats that they should join us to get this done. >> reporter: but republicans'...
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it's a very bad deal for washington in general, and boehner and obama represent washington. so they're losers. but in terms of the parties, i think the republicans lost more in this whole exchange than the democrats because they were, you know, pretty accurately and consistently portrayed as an extremist party. the polling shows that they're off the rails. if presidential elections are about capturing the center, this wasn't so bad for the democrats. >> the president's instincts were good on how to handle somali pirates when they took hostages, but here the president new he was dealing with a hostage taking and never came out and said, okay. these are the limits. this is what i will not allow you to do in this hostage taking, and i didn't get what i saw which was real serious veto threats and if necessary an actual veto including today because they are empowered in both bodies at last minute to pass it quickly. i announced at the beginning of the show that harry reid is moving this bill tomorrow by the unanimous consent of the senate. chuck schumer says senate rules make it
it's a very bad deal for washington in general, and boehner and obama represent washington. so they're losers. but in terms of the parties, i think the republicans lost more in this whole exchange than the democrats because they were, you know, pretty accurately and consistently portrayed as an extremist party. the polling shows that they're off the rails. if presidential elections are about capturing the center, this wasn't so bad for the democrats. >> the president's instincts were good...
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boehner flat out lied to the american people today when he announced tonight's vote. >> president obama and senate democrats haven't done much of anything. their plan b is just slow-walk us over the fiscal cliff. and for weeks the white house said that if i moved on rate that they would make substantial concessions on spending cuts and entitlement reforms. i did my part. they've done nothing. >> it is the height of dishonesty to say the president of the united states has done nothing. the president's opening offer, just for the record, was $1.6 trillion in new revenue. then he dropped it to $1.4 trillion. after another counteroffer the president dropped it again down to 1.2 trillion. this is exactly halfway between the president's first offer and speaker boehner's first offer of $800 billion. on top of this the president changed his offer on taxes for incomes above $250,000, which of course was his signature vow of the presidential campaign. he replaced p with what? a tax increase over $400,000. even a better break for middle classers and beyond. plus a cost of living adjustment to soci
boehner flat out lied to the american people today when he announced tonight's vote. >> president obama and senate democrats haven't done much of anything. their plan b is just slow-walk us over the fiscal cliff. and for weeks the white house said that if i moved on rate that they would make substantial concessions on spending cuts and entitlement reforms. i did my part. they've done nothing. >> it is the height of dishonesty to say the president of the united states has done...
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comes down to john boehner and president obama. i will reed an excerpt from pegeny noonan in the "wall street journal" would disagree with melissa this is not the old-school politic s yore. beggy writes -- when fire logs burned without fire starters and apple pies were baked in everybody's home. >> not sold in costco. >> if only everything could be like ronald reagan. >> and tip o'neill. >> the thing is, and i think it is true that -- i know peggy noonan likes the grand er and everything grand, but the senate isn't so relevant. this being a budget and tax bill they can do reconciliation. this is a house problem. the difference is that tip o'neill actually had influence with his caucus. john boehner has precious influence with the part of his caucus the most recalcitrant on these issues. in the current lame duck congress john boehner still has the same problem, resistant people who will not go along with a deal so the question is, whether or not he can deliver even the 20 or 25 votes he needs if pelosi did what she always does and d
comes down to john boehner and president obama. i will reed an excerpt from pegeny noonan in the "wall street journal" would disagree with melissa this is not the old-school politic s yore. beggy writes -- when fire logs burned without fire starters and apple pies were baked in everybody's home. >> not sold in costco. >> if only everything could be like ronald reagan. >> and tip o'neill. >> the thing is, and i think it is true that -- i know peggy noonan likes...
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use the threat of a government shutdown to defund obama care, carrie bentovolio signed on the dotted line, and that is how he became one of the people who is running the country. >> tune in next time. coming up, the new face of the park ranger on the right. that is next. lways be green. [ tires screech ] ♪ [ beeping ] ♪ may you never be stuck behind a stinky truck. [ beeping ] ♪ may things always go your way. but it's good to be prepared... just in case they don't. toyota. let's go places, safely. [ coughs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] you can't let a cold keep you up tonight. vicks nyquil -- powerful nighttime 6-symptom cold & flu relief. ♪ 6-symptom cold & flu relief. trust your instincts to make the call. to treat my low testosterone, my doctor and i went with axiron, the only underarm low t treatment. axiron can restore t levels to normal in about 2 weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant and children should avoid contact where axiron is applied
use the threat of a government shutdown to defund obama care, carrie bentovolio signed on the dotted line, and that is how he became one of the people who is running the country. >> tune in next time. coming up, the new face of the park ranger on the right. that is next. lways be green. [ tires screech ] ♪ [ beeping ] ♪ may you never be stuck behind a stinky truck. [ beeping ] ♪ may things always go your way. but it's good to be prepared... just in case they don't. toyota. let's go...
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john boehner, eric cantor, mitch mcconnell and john sxocornyn wi ensure that obama care is fully funded and -- as the party starts to show more signs of internal strife, some are starting to openly express their concerns of the republican, about the republican infighting. listen to senator john mccain today. >> i do worry i do worry about the republican party. because if we are, this is the first time i have ever seen republican senators running ads, raising money that is used to attack incumbent republican senators. i have never seen that in my life. and -- i think that is terribly wrong. in a new twist though, tea party income of bents in states like michigan, tennessee, north carolina are facing primary challenges from more moderate republicans. the divide between tea party republicans and nontea party republicans plays out in new polling from nbc and "the wall street journal." which shows a majority of moderate republicans saying their party is putting politics ahead of the country while only 29% of tea partiers say that same thing. joining me now is an adviser to president george w
john boehner, eric cantor, mitch mcconnell and john sxocornyn wi ensure that obama care is fully funded and -- as the party starts to show more signs of internal strife, some are starting to openly express their concerns of the republican, about the republican infighting. listen to senator john mccain today. >> i do worry i do worry about the republican party. because if we are, this is the first time i have ever seen republican senators running ads, raising money that is used to attack...
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the white house issuing a statement saying that president obama is disappointed speaker boehner is preventing his members from coming to the white house. the debt ceiling deadline is coming up one week from today. tes jack lew saying default would be bad. very bad. >> if congress fails to meet its responsibility, it could deeply damage financial markets, the ongoing economic recovery and the jobs and savings of millions of americans. >> but some of the republican rank and file in both chambers still seem stuck in default denial. >> many nonpartisan economists even including some of the biggest banks of new york say if you fail to raise the debt limit, it would be a catastrophe for the world economy. that doesn't convince you enough? >> i'm not convinced that's true. >> i think it's irresponsible r
the white house issuing a statement saying that president obama is disappointed speaker boehner is preventing his members from coming to the white house. the debt ceiling deadline is coming up one week from today. tes jack lew saying default would be bad. very bad. >> if congress fails to meet its responsibility, it could deeply damage financial markets, the ongoing economic recovery and the jobs and savings of millions of americans. >> but some of the republican rank and file in...
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speaker boehner is making news saying it doesn't matter if voters love mitt romney or not. good morning from washington. it's monday july 9th, 2012. right to the first reads of the morning. president obama will stress the looming fiscal cliff for the first time when it calls for a one-year extension with people earning less than $250,000 a year. all the tax cuts are set to expire. the president will make the announcement surrounded by workers and families. they would benefit if the rates were extended. it is likely to be an extended fight intended to draw contrast by baiting them into extending tax cuts. here's obama's campaign senior adviser robert gibbs this morning on today. >> i think it's time to pay down some of our debts and deficits by doing away with the breaks showered on millionaires and billionaires and give certainty to middle class families. >> they will push in a series of interviews at the local stations on the white house and on the road tomorrow when he travels to cedar rapids, iowa and visits the home of a couple who make a combined $82,000 a year and wou
speaker boehner is making news saying it doesn't matter if voters love mitt romney or not. good morning from washington. it's monday july 9th, 2012. right to the first reads of the morning. president obama will stress the looming fiscal cliff for the first time when it calls for a one-year extension with people earning less than $250,000 a year. all the tax cuts are set to expire. the president will make the announcement surrounded by workers and families. they would benefit if the rates were...
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john boehner's back is against the wall and president obama is holding all the cards. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >>> the clock is ticking. christmas is coming. the goose is getting fat. why are you not bringing this to the floor? >> an urgent message from nancy pelosi. but it's casual friday for speaker boehner. >> this isn't a progress report because there's no progress to report. >> today's news, speaker boehner and president obama will be the only two at the table to make a deal. i'll ask congressman emanuel cleaver if boehner can get it done. >>> 33 months of private sector job growth. now is the time to start spending on jobs. david cay johnston is here. >>> senator mitch mcconnell's self-fill buster is more than just an embarrassing blunder. senator bernie sanders of vermont explains why. >>> the right to work power grab in michigan has ignited a firestorm with workers. we'll have the latest on governor rick snyder's race to the bottom. >>> and breaking news from the supreme court. there will be a decision on the constitutionality of same-sex marri
john boehner's back is against the wall and president obama is holding all the cards. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >>> the clock is ticking. christmas is coming. the goose is getting fat. why are you not bringing this to the floor? >> an urgent message from nancy pelosi. but it's casual friday for speaker boehner. >> this isn't a progress report because there's no progress to report. >> today's news, speaker boehner and president obama will be...
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this is a real problem for speaker john boehner and president obama. they have boehner and pelosi, they don't have the conservative base. >> kosovo resolution, of 217 republican members of congress, 187 vote against it, in the senate, you have twice as many republicans voting against it as for it. we've seen this before. what -- how many votes are they going to -- how many yay votes can they get out of this republican caucus. >> not too many. boehner has made a conscious vote. boehner and cantor will not be whipping the syria vote in the house. it's going to be a free for all. it's going to be a circus on the republican side. the hawks are going to try to for an aye vote, it doesn't mean it's necessarily going to pass. >> what do you think the reasoning is there in terms of the house leadership to take that approach? >> it's an interesting question, chris. because the house leadership has so many fiscal drum has approaching this fall, because of the debt limits, sequester, et cetera, they don't want to take a large stand on syria. they're going to stan
this is a real problem for speaker john boehner and president obama. they have boehner and pelosi, they don't have the conservative base. >> kosovo resolution, of 217 republican members of congress, 187 vote against it, in the senate, you have twice as many republicans voting against it as for it. we've seen this before. what -- how many votes are they going to -- how many yay votes can they get out of this republican caucus. >> not too many. boehner has made a conscious vote....
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. >>> after the break, while president obama and speaker boehner try to find middle ground on tax rates, president secretary jay carney argues the benefits of raising taxes on the wealthiest. >> the president's insist ens that rates immediate to go up on the top 2% was based on an economic reality, which is that in order to achieve a broad deficit reduction package that puts our economy on a sustainable fiscal path in the future, a certain level of revenue gleened from the wealthy had to be -- has to be met. the balance is important because a plan that does not have it puts unduliy the burden on senior citizens or on middle class americans or on parents with disabled children. >> right-wing radio bloviator rush limbaugh wasted no time, calling carney's comments over the top shameless. >> let me spell it out for you, what jay carney said. if we don't raise taxes on the rich, a lot, if we don't really raise rates on the rich, then we're going to have more and more adam lanza because we're going to be putting a tax burden -- >> he is still talking. we'll discuss the latest roadblocks to de
. >>> after the break, while president obama and speaker boehner try to find middle ground on tax rates, president secretary jay carney argues the benefits of raising taxes on the wealthiest. >> the president's insist ens that rates immediate to go up on the top 2% was based on an economic reality, which is that in order to achieve a broad deficit reduction package that puts our economy on a sustainable fiscal path in the future, a certain level of revenue gleened from the...
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boehner says president obama's trips to discuss keeping student loan rates low, something that would benefit millions of americans are beneath the presidency? boehner wants the obama campaign to reimburse the treasury. >> frankly, i think this is beneath the dignity of the white house. for the president to make a campaign issue out of this and then to travel to three battleground states and go to three large college campuses on taxpayer's money to try to make this a political issue is pa ethic. >> president obama is out there talking about a serious economic issue with young people in this country. those trips were official business and the gop is trying to play games here. the "associated press" reports the democrats have already reimbursed $1.5 million for president obama's political travel. that's more than $1.3 million the republican party paid for the entire 2004 bush re-election campaign. how about that speaker? any comment there? >>> tomorrow, the house will vote on a gop bill for interest rates on student loans. it will be paid for by gutting health care. how clever they are.
boehner says president obama's trips to discuss keeping student loan rates low, something that would benefit millions of americans are beneath the presidency? boehner wants the obama campaign to reimburse the treasury. >> frankly, i think this is beneath the dignity of the white house. for the president to make a campaign issue out of this and then to travel to three battleground states and go to three large college campuses on taxpayer's money to try to make this a political issue is pa...
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we saw that with obama and john boehner tried to come to middle grounds on things. john boehner wanted to be somebody who would compromise and find ways to get things done. that's not the current incentive structure. for kevin mccarthy coming in with the narrowest majoriies and donald trump running for the white house, there's zero areas of compromise. the republicans won't have the ability to pass legislation because they don't have the senate. they will try to force things into appropriations bills that have to be signed. you risk closing the government. there will be a lot of that going on. >> how significant, peter, is the changing of the guard on the democratic side? jim clyburn is moving down a notch, reportedly he wants the number four leadership position. writing today, he looks forward to, quote, doing whatever i can to assist our new generation of democratic leaders, which i hope to be hakeem jeffries and katherine clark. >> it's a moment of generational change. we have seen the same group of leaders on both sides of the aisle for quite a while. now nancy
we saw that with obama and john boehner tried to come to middle grounds on things. john boehner wanted to be somebody who would compromise and find ways to get things done. that's not the current incentive structure. for kevin mccarthy coming in with the narrowest majoriies and donald trump running for the white house, there's zero areas of compromise. the republicans won't have the ability to pass legislation because they don't have the senate. they will try to force things into appropriations...
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earlier today, john boehner followed with this strategy. he came out and used the new republican game plan to try to change the momentum. >> the american people expect their leaders to sit down and try to resolve their differences. i was at the white house the other night, and listened to the president some 20 times explain to me why he wasn't going to negotiate. sat there and listened to the majority leader in the united states senate describe to me that he's not going to talk until we surrender. and then this morning, i get the "wall street journal" out and it says we don't care how long this lasts. because we're winning. this isn't some damn game! the american people don't want their government shut down. and neither do i. >> not a damn game. gimme a break, mr. boehner. this is a complete damn game to you. and to your cronies. if it's not, all you have to do is bring the continuing resolution to the floor for a vote and you can end this thing. you can end this mess within a matter of minutes. at least that's what the president says, but
earlier today, john boehner followed with this strategy. he came out and used the new republican game plan to try to change the momentum. >> the american people expect their leaders to sit down and try to resolve their differences. i was at the white house the other night, and listened to the president some 20 times explain to me why he wasn't going to negotiate. sat there and listened to the majority leader in the united states senate describe to me that he's not going to talk until we...
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as you know president obama and john boehner spoke on the phone yesterday. sources on both sides are describing that phone conversation as tense in large part because of this issue over the tax rates. there is still no movement on this issue. of course the clock is ticking. there's not a whole lot of time left to get a deal done. and as you pointed out, house speaker john boehner, harry reid also preparing conferences to potentially work through the holidays. that is a tactic to some extent, but it is still an indication that as of right now, there's really no deal in sight. >> right. and now today speaker boehner said the president's plan has absolutely no chance on this hill. take a listen to this. >> the president's called for $1.4 trillion worth of revenue. that cannot pass the house or the senate. and if you look at -- if you look at our budget, we have no new revenue in our budget. the president had $1.6 trillion worth of new revenue. >> so he says it's never going to happen. but the president says he's confident speaker boehner will ultimately cave. a
as you know president obama and john boehner spoke on the phone yesterday. sources on both sides are describing that phone conversation as tense in large part because of this issue over the tax rates. there is still no movement on this issue. of course the clock is ticking. there's not a whole lot of time left to get a deal done. and as you pointed out, house speaker john boehner, harry reid also preparing conferences to potentially work through the holidays. that is a tactic to some extent,...
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speaker boehner is breaking off talks with president obama. we learned this a short time ago. they alerted members of the house and reached out to majority leader reid and republican leader mitch mcconnell. speaker boehner saying he will abandon white house negotiations and turn it back to the hill it work this weekend to try to come up with a deal it avert a debt crisis and they need to do that by monday in order to allow all of the process to take place. this is a significant development. sources tell us it was actually the gang of six proposal that helped to derail this and the intervening event was described to us that way. that they had been working on a deal which would have had significant cuts in entitlements. significant changes in the tax code which would have raised revenues but dropped rates. no specifics were entirely nailed down. but we're told there were agreements between the leadership here, secretary geithner and the president about some general areas of how they would go forward. we're told in the time line, things really fell apart on tuesday. when the gang
speaker boehner is breaking off talks with president obama. we learned this a short time ago. they alerted members of the house and reached out to majority leader reid and republican leader mitch mcconnell. speaker boehner saying he will abandon white house negotiations and turn it back to the hill it work this weekend to try to come up with a deal it avert a debt crisis and they need to do that by monday in order to allow all of the process to take place. this is a significant development....
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. >> or boehner, the same problem, almost as sort of a stand-in for romney. >> he's going to have to come down definitively on some of these issues, whether it's the transportation bill, the student loan bill. he's for them in concept, but never says how he would pay for them or vote on this them. when he has to make the spec calls, that's when you'll start to see some friction. >> casey, do you think he'll have to come down on them before november? >> we're-looking -- there's a few months left, wherein he may be asked to, you know, say front and center, this is what he thinks should be done. it's foolish to think they're not in constant communication. he went and met with mitch mcconnell a week or so ago and essentially kept that meeting tolely silent. i mean, every time the congressional republicans, particularly the speaker's office or leadership, they're in touch with romney's campaign team, and to the extent that they can, house republicans are trying to give romney as much cover as he needs to be victorious, because they do need something to sign these bills. >>> coming up, why
. >> or boehner, the same problem, almost as sort of a stand-in for romney. >> he's going to have to come down definitively on some of these issues, whether it's the transportation bill, the student loan bill. he's for them in concept, but never says how he would pay for them or vote on this them. when he has to make the spec calls, that's when you'll start to see some friction. >> casey, do you think he'll have to come down on them before november? >> we're-looking --...
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obama's best friend into re-election of 2012. you're like could nancy pelosi be donald trump's best friend. >> i get the impression we'll have nancy pelosi's name a lot in the coming months as this comes on. she'll have her own set of problems. a lot of these new democrats came from very progressive areas and they will have progressive ideals or they were in tough districts and said they weren't going to support her or ran against the democratic establishment. they ran a lot on issues about health care. not on things like investigating donald trump. the committee members leading the idea of investigating donald trump are from the urban or coastal districts. nancy pelosi will have to balance that impulse with the new members who say we are representing a constituency that represents compromise and working together. >> none of them said we want more accountability of donald trump but they knew that's what they were getting when they decided to vote against him. did they know that was part of the deal or did they really mean it when
obama's best friend into re-election of 2012. you're like could nancy pelosi be donald trump's best friend. >> i get the impression we'll have nancy pelosi's name a lot in the coming months as this comes on. she'll have her own set of problems. a lot of these new democrats came from very progressive areas and they will have progressive ideals or they were in tough districts and said they weren't going to support her or ran against the democratic establishment. they ran a lot on issues...
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president obama's holding all of the cards in the tax fight. the gop's on the ropes and they are ready to cave. but with all things republican, there's always a catch. that's right. speaker boehner and company are looking to hold the debt ceiling hostage again. willing to downgrade our credit rating again. willing to risk our recovery again. just to get their way on spending cuts. the only problem for them, the president is in no mood to play. >> so i want to send a very clear messageç to people here. we are not going to play that game next year. in congress in any way suggests that they are going to tie negotiations to debt ceiling votes and take us to the brink of default once again as part of a budget negotiation which, by the way, we have never done it in our history until we did it last year, i will not play that game. >> sorry speaker boehner. find someone else to play economic game with. the president isn't interested. he's done with their gimmicks. he's done with their ploys. he's done with the argument that they are the serious ones
president obama's holding all of the cards in the tax fight. the gop's on the ropes and they are ready to cave. but with all things republican, there's always a catch. that's right. speaker boehner and company are looking to hold the debt ceiling hostage again. willing to downgrade our credit rating again. willing to risk our recovery again. just to get their way on spending cuts. the only problem for them, the president is in no mood to play. >> so i want to send a very clear messageç...
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station of a key aspect of obama care. he wants the senate to name some senators to sit down with house members to talk about hammering out the differences between the house and senate on a six-week continuing resolution. in other words, what he's saying between the lines is he wants the government to stay closed for the next few day, at least probably for the next few weeks. we are getting indications the president may speak about the meeting that just happened as well. >> that's certainly a possibility, chris. we are waiting to hear confirmation about that from the white house. but this meeting was sort of what we expected. president obama said i wasn't going to negotiate going into the meeting. that is what happened. he reiterated his stance, dug in his heels. called on congressional leaders to reopen the government and increase the debt limit without any strings attached. we should also say during an interview earlier today, president obama said i will negotiate with you on some of these other issues, but once we reope
station of a key aspect of obama care. he wants the senate to name some senators to sit down with house members to talk about hammering out the differences between the house and senate on a six-week continuing resolution. in other words, what he's saying between the lines is he wants the government to stay closed for the next few day, at least probably for the next few weeks. we are getting indications the president may speak about the meeting that just happened as well. >> that's...
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as for boehner's promise of a face off over the debt ceiling, the white house said that is out of the question. >> let me reiterate what our position is. it's unequivocal. we will not negotiate with republicans in congress over congress's responsibility to pay the bills that congress has racked up. period. >> with battle lines drawn, who blinks first and how will action on syria affect the funding fight. according to reuters it makes a fiscal deal more likely as they provide a convenient excuse for republicans to agree to short-term extensions that provide two or three months worth of government funding. others are not so sure. cnbc tweets could sober war debate ease fiscal fights? is the ex-produce adviser said no. could they vote with potus on syria and they feel they oppose him even more. policy analyst "the washington post" ezra kline. ezra, it's obviously a fluid situation, but you are in washington. i wonder what you make of the two reads and how they embolden or cal the gop in looming talks with the white house. >> we don't know. we in washington do not know. my guess is that s
as for boehner's promise of a face off over the debt ceiling, the white house said that is out of the question. >> let me reiterate what our position is. it's unequivocal. we will not negotiate with republicans in congress over congress's responsibility to pay the bills that congress has racked up. period. >> with battle lines drawn, who blinks first and how will action on syria affect the funding fight. according to reuters it makes a fiscal deal more likely as they provide a...
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agreement over obama care. we'll discuss what is next. >>> we'll also sort out the political winners and losers in this. we'll be joined by courthouse press secretary jay carney with the president's response and talk to two republicans who are against the shutdown strategy, senator jeff flake and congressman tom cole and get analysis from the david gregory, chris matthews, chuck todd, euge eugene, ezra and mark hall pin. brian. >> still ahead on "way too early," your best tweets to the countdown clock. "morning joe" just moments away. so i c an reach ally bank 24/7, but there are no branches? 24/7. i'm sorry, i'm just really reluctant to try new things. really? what's wrong with trying new things? look! mommy's new vacuum! (cat screech) you feel that in your muscles? i do... drink water. it's a long story. well, not having branches let's us give you great rates and service. i'd like that. a new way to bank. a better way to save. ally bank. your money needs an ally. so i should probably get the last roll... yeah
agreement over obama care. we'll discuss what is next. >>> we'll also sort out the political winners and losers in this. we'll be joined by courthouse press secretary jay carney with the president's response and talk to two republicans who are against the shutdown strategy, senator jeff flake and congressman tom cole and get analysis from the david gregory, chris matthews, chuck todd, euge eugene, ezra and mark hall pin. brian. >> still ahead on "way too early," your...